WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The United States is creating a vigorous vetting process to weed out undesirables among the Syrian rebels it will train to fight Islamic State, but some of the new recruits will be familiar faces requiring far more limited screening....

Beirut (AFP) - The Syrian regime and several key opponents have agreed to move towards new peace talks mediated by Russia, sources on both sides told AFP. The initial agreement came after separate delegations led by prominent opposition figure Ahmad Moaz al-Khatib and Foreign...

(Reuters)- Tunisia's first full elected parliament held its opening session on Tuesday with a challenge to implement the democracy its people sought when they marched in the 2011 revolt against autocrat Zine el-Abidine Ben Ali. The country that saw the first of the Arab Spring...

(Reuters) - The Lebanese army detained a wife and daughter of Islamic State leader Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi as they crossed from Syria nine days ago, security officials said on Tuesday, in a move seen as likely to put pressure on the Islamist chief. The woman was identified as Saja...